Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-14

ance on note snd interest S26S. &c: amount
of in de1tedness S46S so
Take from this the balance in treasury.
gS96.Ol, leaves this association In debt
1872 SO.
Amount necessary to defray ne ex-
penses of this meeting:
} Porter hire An
| Rent OF chairs ..-. 5O0
Printing -..-..-..-.--... -......-..-.. 100 40
s,aaso
IIefeht 3T2 S9
Total Sf.59o
Dues collected. ....... asE .G0
To be raised ...-.... .......... - S9'r5 70
Which Should and must be raised be-
lore We gdJ urn. We know of no way tc,
settle this matter except for the members
present to come forward sind wipe out
the debt by going down in their pockets
and pay it off, and we SO recrmmend.
We tiud il the proceed 1es of last
. meeting on psge thirty -se9sn the fol-
lowing: Shanghai Pierce Go on
with the talk; the notes all right; I'll
pay it myself" We have mss been able
to ascertain if the gentleman - of the
same opinion still, but he is present and
can speak for himSelf. laughter and
al'P4@uSS' lNSSpeStluiJI
Z. G. SLAUGHTER, ChRiEnnsn
Shanghai Pierce responded rilatthere
was some mistake here and ne could not
imagine how the statement @crope'' into
the minutes. He msgnanimOusIy offered.
however, to pay the pro rata of every
man in his county. When u was disgOv-
cred that there wss but one oSher mau in
the county the magnanimity OF hissofer
kinder ''swunk up" and the convention
smiled audi0ly at the tall ROSTERS .nge-
nuity.
The members walked up IL response. 90
a resolution end whacked down enough
Doodle to cover the Indebtedness within
$500.
Next in order was the report OF the
committee on constitution end 6y-la7Ys
concerning
REORGANIZATION.
The report was quite lengthy ana wiz
be printed in the leaCing stock Iurnals.
The leading feature OF the plan is that it
is based on delegated membership. The
report was fully discussed and yarioasIY
amended. the report was finally adopted.
as whole. fixing the fourth Tuesday in
March, 1883, az Austin, as the time and
place Of the next meeting.
The following resolution vas intro
duced and adopted:
REGARDING QUARANTINE REGULATIONS,
IN OTHER STATES.
Resolved, that we, as personalities,
Of the cattle interests IN the state Of
Texas, do hereby recommend and &c
mand that all parties driving cattle out OF
the state into states and territories where
quarantine regulations exist, do fIithfIlgF
comply with such rules and regulations
as the respective sanitary boards of IL,
states or territories being entered may
De agreed upon, and we heartily diSap.
prove OF any attempt to violate said rules
and regulations. IKE 7. PRYOR.
Col. Cunningham called the attention
of the Convention to the fact that Texas
Farm and Ranch had Offered 4 priz. sad
die for the best essay ON Splenic Fever.
and that other prizes We're offered OF
other subjects He suggested that
committee b. appointed TO examine the
essays and award the prizes. The COM
mittee was appointed.
INTERNATIONAL RANGE ASSOCIATION.
Resolved, that the Texas Live Stock
Association fully iEdorse the Information
al Rtu2e Association, which was organ
lied at Denver, Col, in January last,
and that tie secretary OF this association
in same.
Resolved, that The president of this as
soci4ti0n appoint, at mis- earliest convent
ence, full quota of delegates to repre-
sent this association at the next annual
meeting to be held at Denver, February
s, next B. +. BUZARD.
The secretary was instructed to for
ward copies of the prior resolution re-
gardug quarantine in other states to.
Western ASSOCIATE ms.
The secretary read q receipt in full
from President White of the Merchants
Exchange for rent of the exchange build
lug, den minating the rent as nothing"
vote OF thanks was rendered President
White for his hospitality.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Col. H B. Stoddard of Bryan was
nominated for president by NJ SeeligSon
was secoudeded by Mr.. T. T.
D. Andrews of Fort Worth. Mr.. Stod-
terd was elected by reclamation.
MI. c. G.. Slaughter OF Dallas was nom
mated for first vice-president, and was
elected by acclsmatlon. Maj. John. T.
Ly lie of San AntoLio was nominated for
second Vire-pre sId-nt; elected by. aCcla-
nation. Mr.. A. H. Pierce (Shsnghei)
was elected third vlce-presIdeng by aCcla-
nation. +. NJ. Maddox, the present in
Cumbent, was nominated for secretary
and was elected by reclamation. @.
A Anderson, present Incumbent, was elect
ed treasurer by reclamation.
Mr.. Will Lambert of Austin was elected
,ergeaOt-at arms by acclamatiQn
Col. StOddard accepted the position of
pres dent in neat and appropriate
speech. A vote OF thanks was rendered
Col j. n. Simpson, the retiring president,
and other officers for able and efficient
services.
A vote of thanks vas also rendered the
If THF GAZETTE and Dallas
News for their full and accurate accounts
Of the proCee hugs IT the onyeation.
Adjourned until , 80 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention was called to order at
, 80 p. III. by President Stoddard.
Mr. T. T. d. ndrews spoke at length
IT, proposition froI2 Mr.. |.
Dahlman of Fort Worth to enlarge MS
refrigerator at Fort Worth, ard asking
nom the stockmen Of Texas encourage
nent to the extent If S25, 900, Mr.. An
irews stated ihsr Mr.. Daulmau desired
70 meet the committee on refrigeration